Before 1961, May 24 was celebrated in Jamaica as Empire Day in honour of the birthday of Queen Victoria and her emancipation of slaves in Jamaica.

Before Sierra Leone gained independence in 1961, the military was known as the Royal Sierra Leone Military Force.

Before they were replaced in 1961, there was a period when, by the " within earshot " definition, no " Bow-bell " Cockneys could be born.

Throughout the 1960s, Nimoy appeared in a number of other TV series including Bonanza ( 1960 ), The Rebel ( 1960 ), Two Faces West ( 1961 ), Rawhide ( episode, Incident Before Black Pass.

Before Fuller had established a band in his hometown of El Paso, he recorded his first single, " You ’ re in Love " under Yucca Records in 1961 with assistance of the Embers, a local band that Fuller played in previously with.

Before the arrival of the Minnesota Twins in 1961, there was a long history of minor-league baseball teams called the St. Paul Saints, as well as their crosstown rivals the Minneapolis Millers.

Along with eight other riders, on June 4, 1961 Carmichael made the trip by train from New Orleans, LA to Jackson, MS. Before getting on the train in New Orleans, they encountered white protestors blocking the way.

Before 1961, the presidential airplane had been kept at Washington National Airport and Bolling AFB.

( 1946 ); “ Essentials for Nigeria ’ s Survival .” ( 1965 ); “ Before Us Lies The Open Grave ” ( 1947 ); “ The Future of Pan-Africanism ” ( 1961 ); “ The Realities of African Unity ” ( 1965 ); “ Origins of the Nigerian Civil War ” ( 1969 ); I Believe in a One Nigeria ( 1969 ); Peace Proposals for Ending the Nigerian Civil War ( 1969 ); Dialogue on a New Capital for Nigeria ( 1974 ); “ Creation of More States in Nigeria, A Political Analysis ” ( 1974 ); Democracy with Military Vigilance ( 1974 ); “ Reorientation of Nigerian Ideologies: lecture on 9 December 1976, on eve of the launching of the UNN Endowment Fund ” ( 1976 ); Our Struggle for Freedom ; Onitsha Market Crisis ( 1976 ); Let Us Forgive Our Children, An appeal to the leaders and people of Onitsha during the market crisis ( 1976 ); A Collection of Poems ( 1977 ); Civil War Soliloquies: More Collection of Poems ( 1977 ); “ Themes in African Social and Political Thought ” ( 1978 ); Restoration of Nigerian Democracy ( 1978 ); Matchless Past Performance: My Reply to Chief Awolowo ’ s Challenge ( 1979 ); A Matter of Conscience ( 1979 ); Ideology for Nigeria: Capitalism, Socialism or Welfarism?

Before 1961, the Dutch language was one of the official languages of South Africa.

* Weep Before God ( 1961 )

Before the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, military service in the GDR was voluntary, though the Free German Youth and public schools mounted intensive recruitment drives and service in the NVA was often a prerequisite for career advancement.

Before coming to the U. N., Brahimi, who represented the National Liberation Front in Jakarta during Algeria's 1956 – 1961 independence movement, was an Arab League official ( 1984 – 1991 ) and the Algerian Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1991 until 1993.

Before 2003, when a modified one member, one vote ( OMOV ) system was adopted, every biennial New Democratic Party convention, since 1961, was a leadership convention.

She also appeared in several straight plays and made one of her early screen appearances in Before I Wake ( 1954 ) and later had minor roles in Operation Conspiracy ( 1957 ), Flame in the Streets ( 1961 ), Help!

Before 1961 South Africa was a monarchy with the British monarch as head of state.

Before centering in the South of Market neighborhood, leather friendly bars were located in the Embarcadero ( Jack's On The Waterfront at 111 Embarcadero 1952-1963, On The Levee ?- 1972 ), and the Tenderloin ( The Spur Club at 126 Turk-raided and closed in 1959, The Why Not at 518 Ellis-opened and closed in 1960, The Hideaway at 438 Eddy-raided and closed in 1961 ).

Before Independence in 1961, Marangu used to be the headquarters of the Vunjo district led by Chief ( Mangi Mwitori ) Petro Itosi Marealle and Paramount Chief ( Mangi Mkuu ) Thomas Marealle, installed in 1951, who lived in Moshi itself.

Before 1961 these awards were combined into the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus.

Before 1961 these awards were combined into the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus.

Before the end of 1961, Tamla issued the first Marvelettes album, also named Please Mr. Postman, but it failed to chart.

* 1961 " Last Night " / " Night Before " ( Satellite 107 )

Davies won the Night Before The 500 midget race three times, in 1960 and 1961 at Kokomo Speedway, and next year at the Indianapolis Speedrome.

Before German reunification Schöneberg shared its borders partly with the former West Berlin ( at Neukölln and Tempelhof-Schöneberg ), and so from 1961 to 1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.

Before U-27 came round Nicosians bow, Baralong hauled down the American flag, hoisted the Royal Navy's White Ensign, and unmasked her guns.

Before that day, the flag had served mostly as a military ensign or a convenient marking of American territory, flown from forts, embassies, and ships, and displayed on special occasions like the Fourth of July.

Before the start of the ceremony, four armed sentries and three sentinels ( two flag sentinels and one nursing sister ) are posted at the foot of the cenotaph.

Before turning over the colors to another survivor of the 54th, Carney modestly said, " Boys, I only did my duty ; the old flag never touched the ground!

Before reaching flag rank, he served on several battleships, commanded two destroyer divisions, a destroyer squadron, and the battleship.

Before World War II ships were collected into divisions derived from the Royal Navy's " division " of the line of battle in which one squadron usually remained under the direct command of the Admiral of the Fleet, one squadron was commanded by a Vice Admiral, and one by a Rear Admiral, each of the three squadrons flying different coloured flags, hence the terms flagship and flag officer.

Before him, the principal Montenegrin flag had been the alaj-barjak ( regimental colors ) with a single symbol on it-the cross ( krst ).

Before reading the proclamation, Pearse and other Republican leaders seized the GPO and made it their military headquarters, flying the new flag of the republic ( see image below ) from the flag-pole instead of the Union Flag.

Before 1965, the Canadian Red Ensign had served as the national flag of Canada.

Before the game started, during the performance of the National Anthems of the United States and Canada, the U. S. Marine Corps Color Guard accidentally flew the flag of Canada upside down < ref >

: Before that day, the flag had served mostly as a military ensign or a convenient marking of American territory, flown from forts, embassies, and ships, and displayed on special occasions like the Fourth of July.

Before the flag of Cyprus was introduced, the flags of Greece and Turkey were used.

Before its readoption, the flag had been used from 1918 until 1940 when Lithuania was occupied and then annexed by the Soviet Union.

Before its adoption in 1931, the official flag of the Isle of Man was the Union Flag.

Before independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Turkmenistan had a flag similar to all other Soviet Republics ; see Flag of the Turkmen SSR.

Before 1996, the flag had a darker shade of green.

Before this competition, the Council flag was the only popularly known flag for the island.

Before that, from 9 January 1926, the flag was much the same, but with the country's name in Uzbek, Russian and Tajik.

Before the battle Persano caused more confusion by deciding to transfer his flag to the Affondatore and the 2nd and 3rd Divisions slowed to allow Re d ' Italia to lower her boats.

Before the departure of that first mission in December 1775, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Navy, Commodore Esek Hopkins, received the yellow rattlesnake flag from Gadsden to serve as the distinctive personal standard of his flagship.

* 2003: Before a national television audience, Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch fought a memorable duel that came down to the final turn, when Craven edged out Busch by 0. 002 seconds ( about 1-2 inches ) in the joint closest finish in NASCAR history since NASCAR started using electronic transponders to determine scoring ( along with the Aaron's 499 at Talledega in Spring 2011 where Jimmie Johnson edged out Clint Bowyer at the flag ).

Before its ratification on August 13, 1999, there was no official flag or anthem for Japan.

Before the design of the Red Ensign was standardized in 1921, flag makers would make the badge larger each time a new province was added to the Confederation.